Palay prices will keep dropping as rice imports boost slow-moving domestic inventories, an industry group claimed.

In an interview, Philippine Confederation of Grains Associations (Philcon) President Joji Co warned that continued rice imports would drive prices to about P13 per kilo for wet palay and P17 per kilo for dry and clean palay in major rice producing provinces by yearend.

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